Lurker > GunslingerGunsl

No, because he's still just a kid and that was just community college. If he keeps up at that pace, he might be smarter eventually, but not right now.

What's your point?

Ever stop by a spot on the way home from work for some weed and some coke for the weekend only to leave empty handed with a gun drawn in one hand and dragging a friend by his collar with the other because they didn't tell you they owed this dude like $5000 before you walked in? That's the sort of s*** I used to deal with on the regular. A pregnant female friend is sick of getting beat up by her man and scrambles to move out if her apartment while the dude is at work? An on and off ex that got hooked on heroin and started stripping showing up in your doorstep like a stray cat for years.. schizophrenic and off her meds...how about burying a dozen people your own age in a dozen years the first 12 years out if high school? We're not even getting into my childhood.

I pick and choose my battles IRL. Where there are real stakes. I've been in the middle of some shit you could never comprehend.

Here, online? Pfft. 6 of you know me. I've met 3 of you IRL. 3 of you I've done business with. Other than that, you're all just a username.

As to continuous conflict...what world do you live in where there isn't conflict and we're all just hugging it out?

You don't have the time for that answer Chris, and frankly, I'm not typing out my autobiography here dude.

I'll give you a cryptically short answer in truth since you've been around for so long.

My kindness has far too often been mistaken for weakness. People that I think are worth a damn have found I'm a valuable ally and fiercely loyal.

I'm not a violent man, but God has no use for a coward.

And that sort of thinking is exactly what I'm pushing back against here. "You're kind of rude"...oh noes, he was mean, that baddie!

I'll not be shamed for growing a pair and showing I have a fucking spine. I'm not bitching decades later about how mean those bullies were to me because I beat my bullies.

It seems I was part of the last generation that knew how to handle a bully, and it wasn't huggie bookies and coloring books.

Sometimes, an asshole just needs to be punched in the face. It seemed to work a lot better than bottling up frustrations to talk to a therapist about 10-20 years later.

Fuck.

You asked, I gave you an answer. Don't get salty on me because you didn't like the answer. You've known me for a long time, I don't know what you were expecting.

20 books

Wait me? What did I do to win! I don't even have a sig of my own how am I supposed to choose one for you. Uhhh.

He does kickboxing and muay thai. He has some fights up on YouTube. He's not professional he does it as a hobby but he has fought professionals.

He's training for a competition right now where he'll fight at 140lbs.

it's your fault I'm back lmao. or technically, Whiskey asked? haaaa

I just finished reading this book called Made for Love and I've got a question for y'all: would you get a chip implanted in your brain that melded your brain with yours partner's? Like a constant livestream of their thoughts and feelings and sensory input alongside your own?

https://i.imgur.com/HoYp1cA.gif

Put it in my savings with thousands of others just like it muahahahha

Ooooh yeah I've heard horror stories about grad school

Yeah, but you sound way busier in life right now than I am. Plus, there's no competition except with yourself. And it's better to focus on quality than quantity imo! I know some people who give themselves arbitrary number goals to read (usually like 50 or 100 books in a year), but if I were to approach reading from that angle myself it would sap the joy of it because I would be more focused on hitting a number goal than enjoying or learning from what I'm reading. I'm just keeping track for fun.

Yeah, I feel this. This is the first year I've been keeping track of all the books I've read and I'm already up to 27 (and I pretty much didn't read any books in January; also, not trying to humble brag or anything, I've got a lot of spare time rn and they've mostly been shorter books), but when I look at my list it feels like I've barely scratched it lol.

They're pretty short for a trilogy I think. Definitely relate with the too many books, too little time.

I have the unfair advantage of a good memory and talking about books with you, so I'm only going to name the ones I'm not 100% sure of:

Dune, The Blade Itself, American Gods, Something Wicked Comes This Way, Jurassic Park, Lord of the Flies

I could add four more if I named the ones I knew for sure.

Edit: well, to be fair, I just know that you read or plan to read the four I am thinking of. You could just be borrowing them from who actually owns them...

Bro did you finish the Southern Reach trilogy?

So basically what I've gotten from this conversation is that HornyLion has a bit of a self-control issue and is projecting that onto society and thinks we will all become cum-thirsty sharks the moment our genitals are touched. And he wants Thor to fuck his girlfriend.

I'm guessing all of them but twilight

This guy has been saying incel (edit: or misogynistic you don't need to be an incel for that) logic throughout this entire thread. He's a troll right?

First 5 years, homeboy.

You see!? People ITT are saying a lot but dont know the basics.

A lot of the stuff people spew is great for BF/GF dating crap... but in order for a relationship to go the distance it is going to take WORK, and sometimes that work comes in the form of boundaries.